I make plenty the rest of the year. I'll take every day off they want to give me. I've made less this year than I have since I was in progression 5+ years ago.
I don't think surepost is as much a problem as sheer over hiring for this peak has been. At least in the centers I know of. Between gas prices and cheap seasonal help. I expect profits to be real nice this quarter.
Ok I've got to go a little more into this.
Just goes to show you cannot please everyone. For years we have bitched about being under staffed and working too many hours. Ups goes out and hires tens of thousands of new employees. Where I am peak is running as smooth as it has since the recession.
If this keeps up I may be able to work a few more years at the end of my career if needed. More importantly I may be able to walk when it's all said and done.
Not to be rude but I see a lot of "I"s written in here.
The new program that was hurriedly implemented just prior to peak has been sending a tremendous amount of the duplicate, proximity, and commercial surepost pkgs to the post offices in our jurisdiction.
The new language in the surepost article says the company will "continue" to give us this work (showing that it has already been agreed upon) and expand it. We have seen the reversal of that action and the "120 days" was up over three months ago.
If this is not dealt with and ups continues this action against the written agreement it can and will diminish the bargaining unit and we will not see the expansion of jobs that could and should happen with increased volume.
Maybe the company has hired more drivers than we've ever seen this year...well, its about time. We had 9 vacation and option days denied in a week at times (out of a roster of 40 drivers) this summer.
If we only care about "me" and how much work "I" have maybe when we retire we will watch a generation of new workers that finally got a full time job vote our benefit deductible thru the roof with the same concern we had that they were screwed over because we let the company subcontract their opportunity for a full time job down the toilet.
You have to star saving for Christmas earlier. It happenes every year and only gets more expensive.
Saving up on part time wage is not the same as saving up at almost $34.00/hr.
My PO stop today was my biggest bulk stop. Then, I drive ten miles out in the country for one stop, and it was originally a sure post. Thought they only did that when we are close or have the same stop.
This time of year I'll save every mile I can.
And out here, we'd be blown away if we had to deliver all those extra miles and stops.
We were blown away in our center with all the proximity stops last year. So who is it that staffs the manning? The company knew what was coming, again, and instead of training drivers in October when they had the opportunity this year they relied on the almost hidden move of sending our negotiated work to the post office.
Here we go. It isn't about crying about having too much or not enough work. It's
about purposely not staffing an operation early enough when given the opportunity and sending our work to the p.o.which, if not legally dealt with and allowed to continue, will have a negative effect on our bargaining unit numbers and that will be no one's fault but our own.
